BEopt

The BEopt™ (Building Energy Optimization) software provides capabilities to analyze residential building designs and identify cost-optimal efficiency and renewable energy packages at various levels of whole-house energy savings along the path to zero net energy. BEopt can be used to analyze both new construction and existing home retrofits, through evaluation of single building designs, parametric sweeps, and cost-based optimizations.

Users

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Input

The BEopt user interface has three input screens: 1) a drawing tool to input and visualize 3D building geometry, 2) an option selection screen to specify measures for envelope components, equipment, appliances, occupancy, etc., and (3) a site data screen to specify location, utility rates, and economic inputs. The interface can be tailored for either new construction or retrofit analysis.